Citizens from around the world are taking a stand against the ivory trade: New York http://www.care2.com/causes/were-crushing-one-ton-of-ivory-in-times-square-this-week.html
and Sri Lanka http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160125-sri-lanka-elephants-buddhism-ivory-stockpile-cites/ recently destroyed ivory and Hong Kong is working towards a domestic ivory trade ban. http://www.care2.com/causes/great-news-as-hong-kong-finally-moves-to-ban-ivory-trade.html Elephants need our help urgently. According to iWorry, http://iworry.org one elephant is killed every 15 minutes; at this rate, none will be left in the wild in 2025. But new information shows that not everyone is on board to save our elephants. Between 2012 and 2014, 12 tons of elephant ivory were sold on Yahoo Japan.
Majestic Elephants Reduced to Letter Writing Personal Seals
As reported in The Guardian, http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/26/yahoo-japan-sold-12-tons-elephant-ivory-activists-claim for as little as $20 (and as much as $60,000)
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By its inaction, Yahoo is an accomplice in these deaths and in funding and profiting from the illegal wildlife trade. While it's obvious how the wildlife trade hurts animals, it also hurts people. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/species/problems/illegal_trade/wildlife_trade_campaign/wildlife_trafficking_report/ the $19 billion industry is the "fourth largest global illegal trade after narcotics, counterfeiting of products and currency, and human trafficking." Given its low risk, the illegal trade is also a magnet for criminal activity and organizations, e.g. Boko Haram, http://www.nationalgeographic.com/tracking-ivory/article.html While the trade stumps social and economic development, it also threatens the environment and (national and international)
In the nonfiction book Ivory, Horn, and Blood by Ronald Orenstein, the author discusses his opinions on the topic of poaching elephants and rhinos. Orenstein believes that poaching is morally wrong, unnecessary, and should be stopped. He refrains from using emotional words, instead focusing on and providing startling statistics and horrifying facts.
Making Ivory farms where Elephants will be bred then some will be killed for Ivory using humane methods and would save money for governments of the world. Governments around the world have wasted valuable resources trying to evaluate the pros and cons of the trade. This solution would end this because it would create jobs for those who work at the farm and it would also please the Ivory demand. It would also keep some elephants out in the wild. It will stop the need for poaching wild elephants too, which would keep the population of elephants at a good level. huge demands fuels poaching and trafficking, both of which, according to IFAW are as dangerous as global arms, human and drug trafficking. Many people have died both protecting and killing
Dan Stiles, an independent consultant who has been investigating ivory markets for 15 years, states, “I think there will be an increase in illegal selling to cover the gap made by the closure of legal markets”. There is also no sign of a corresponding decline in poaching. “I see no decline,” said Stiles. “That to me means a drop in price is actually bad for elephants because these guys can buy more ivory for the same amount of money as before. As long as the poaching continues at these high rates, it looks like there are still quite high volumes of ivory in spite of the seizures that have been made,” he added. However, Stiles is keen to stress that it is still too early to see the full impact on poaching across Africa from China’s domestic ivory ban, which will be fully enforced at the end of this year. “Let’s see where we are at the beginning of 2019. If poaching rates haven’t gone down significantly by then, then elephants are in real trouble”.
year in 2014 there were 1,215 poached and killed rhinoceros. A great number of poached
To many people today animals are seen as nothing more than a mere source of profit. Every year thousands of whales are brutally captured and separated from their families. In these scenarios hook, electric rod, and other blunt instruments are used leaving an ocean filled with whales to a sea filled with blood and sorrow. It seems obvious that these animals do not have rights because they are constantly being abused and mistreated. With time over the course of history, animal abuse has flourished into something that many activist are unable to stop. Till today many corporation like Sea World are covering up their crime and destruction. They are conscious of their damaged actions but continue to do so because what is more important to them is
The illegal killing and trafficking of animal parts has long been a global concern. With trading at an estimated 6 billion dollars annually, poaching has become the world’s second most profitable crime activity behind illegal drug trade. In its prevalence, poaching has driven many species to the point of extinction.
US$50,000 for a kilogram of the stuff, roughly the same as the price of gold.
Fads come and go. Parachute pants, scrunchies, Beanie Babies, bellbottoms—society desires newness, and very few things stand the test of time to become something more than just a fad. Very few things provide the constant stimulation and intrigue necessary to hold the attention of a society so deeply rooted in fast living and instant gratification. The illegal wildlife trade, however, provides just enough of these things to fly smoothly under the radar while keeping the tight-knit network of people involved in it satisfied... well satisfied with a seemingly infinite source of entertainment and intrigue as well as billions of dollars annually. This trade is an illegal network based on poaching and capturing, smuggling and selling exotic and endangered species for a large profit.
The ivory trade situation has struggled throughout the past 28 years, meaning that the ivory poaching is still a problem, and elephant danger has increased. By 1989, Africa was basically a graveyard for elephants. In the past decade, over half of the 1.3 million elephants that had been living in Africa had been killed. As a result, CITES approved a worldwide ban on ivory trade. Since 1997, there have been sustained attempts by certain countries to weaken the ban. Large examples occur in 1999, 2002, 2008, and 2011, where the ban was bent. In fact, no attempts to help elephants have worked up to their potential, except for the 1989 ban. In conclusion, the best (and easiest) possible solution would be to make a total ivory ban, one like the
Recently, the poaching controversy has gained more attention in the news and media due to the killing of Cecil the Lion back in 2015. But what exactly is poaching and why is it illegal? Poaching can be defined as the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals. Animals are captured and killed for their parts and products that are eventually sold on the black market and to cartels to make medicines, trinkets, and other products. Animals are typically poached for personal gain and value.The the illegal poaching trade in Africa alone has accumulated a worth of $17 billion dollars a year and it keeps growing. Ivory, fur, skin, and bones especially are in high demand and places/people are willing to pay high numbers for these products, so it is no surprise that people continue to hunt them. Due to poaching, the tiger is one of the most endangered species in the world . Tiger parts, such as fur, skin, and bones, are seen as a luxury and are used as commerce on the black market and secretly throughout Asia. Although China has participated in the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species, the laws are commonly ignored and it remains the primary destination for tiger parts. Elephants are also on the brink of extinction and the number hunted per year keeps increasing. Despite international ivory trade being banned in the 1990s, it is still sold on the black market and sought after in Asia; once again, China being the biggest demander. According to Kideghesho in Sage Journals , “widespread poaching coupled with inefficient law enforcement in Tanzania was manifested in the dramatic decline of the elephant population to less than 30% of what it was in 1979, a drop from 316,000 to 85,000 by 1987.” Rhinos are also greatly sought after in Africa. In
If Illegal poaching keeps killing Elpehants at the rate thats is going expeerts predict that within the next decade elephants will be an extinct species .
Just imagine life without any elephants, wiped out just like the dinosaurs. In the early 1980’s, there were more than a million reported elephants in Africa. Tragically, during that decade, 600,000 elephants were destroyed for ivory products. Today, conceivably no more than 400,000 elephants remain across the continent. Elephants are facing a very real threat of extinction; In fact, the African elephants are listed on the
To the millions of people who live around the world, elephants may not mean anything special. To the African population and wildlife, however, elephants are a very necessary part of their lives. It is extremely devastating to the individuals and animals who live in Africa that thousands of elephants are being killed each year solely for their tusks. One can argue that the poaching of elephants for ivory is a rather selfish act. As of late, ivory
&An. : Ivory is a very special material used for lots of things, but it comes at the price of hundreds of innocent elephants being killed for a small amount of material, and it’s really affecting the elephant population
Animal poaching has a bigger price tag than the trophy sitting on the shelf. Poaching is causing iconic animals of many continents and of our oceans to become endangered or even extinct. These animals that people have come to love and fantasize over may be gone before we are (Africa). Elephants, rhinos, lions, and zebras are the animals thought of the most when it comes to animal poaching, but many animals are poached. They are killed for only one quality, like their horns or skins and the rest of the animal is left behind. Poaching is a massive business that is ran by international networks, it’s estimated to make hundreds of millions of dollars (World). Not all wildlife trade is illegal, but it becomes a crisis when an increasing amount of illegal poaching is done and it directly threatens the survival of species in the wild (World). Since 1960 97.6% of the Black Rhino population in Africa has been poached and lions are extinct in seven African countries (Africa).